Fiber Optic Cables; Fiber Optic Cable Loss Budgets; Rules For Fiber Optic Cable Connections - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

NL_Port—Connects a Fibre Channel device to a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop or switch

Fiber optic cables

All 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s components use industry-standard LC connectors for fiber optic cable
connections; all 1 Gb/s components use industry-standard SC connectors. Cables and adapters are
available with SC connectors on one end and LC connectors on the other end.
Some fiber optic cable installations require SC or LC duplex couplers to couple the cable connector
ends (for example, if you use wall jacks or connect to existing installed cables). HP supports the use
of duplex couplers, provided that you do not exceed the overall cable loss budget for that cable
segment.
For cable part numbers, see the Fibre Channel switch QuickSpecs on
QuickSpecs.
Table 71 describes the rules for fiber optic cable connections.
Table 71 Rules for fiber optic cable connections
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1 The minimum bend radius is 25 mm for 50, 62.5, and 9 micron fiber optic cable. HP recommends
50 micron fiber optic cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber connections. The
62.5 micron fiber optic cable is acceptable for existing installations. See
maximum cable distances.
2 HP does not support a mixture of 50, 62.5, and 9 micron cable in the same cable segment.
Note: A cable segment is defined as one or more cables connected serially between two
transceivers.
3 HP does not support a mixture of different OM fiber cable types in the same cable segment.
4 For all cable segments, you must use the same transceiver type at both ends of the cable (for
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example, short-wave transceiver to short-wave transceiver, long-wave transceiver to long-wave
transceiver). HP does not support mixing transceiver types in the same cable segment.
5 For fabric attachment, the minimum cable segment length between Fibre Channel components
(transmitter and receiver) is:
The minimum length does not apply to patch cords through a passive patch panel; it applies only
to the total distance between the transmitter and receiver of each device connected through the
patch panel.
6 For fiber optic cable lengths greater than 50 m, contact a third-party vendor. 50 micron cable
must be duplex, tight-buffered multi-mode 50/125 µm (Belcore GR-409 compliant). The connectors
must be SC or LC duplex low metal (Belcore and IEC compliant).
9 micron cable must be duplex, tight-buffered, single-mode 9/125 µm (Belcore GR-409 compliant).
The connectors must be SC or LC duplex low metal (NTT-SC Belcore 326, IEC-874-19 SC
compliant).

Fiber optic cable loss budgets

Cable loss budgets are determined by the Fibre Channel Physical Interface Specification (see the
standards at http://www.incits.org/). The maximum distances are based on the use of nominal
168 SAN fabric connectivity and switch interoperability rules
0.5 m for 50 and 62.5 micron cable
2.0 m for 9 micron cable
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